Work & commute · Lake Stevens

Work & commute in Lake Stevens, WA

Most working residents leave Lake Stevens for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Everett (19%), Seattle (16%) and Bellevue (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,325 of 19,888 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 18,563 Lake Stevens residents head out of town to work, 1,325 work right here, and 4,921 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Stevens.

18,563live here, work elsewhere

1,325live and work here

4,921work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Stevens goes to work

Everett5.2 mi away

19%3,694

Seattle29 mi away

16%3,135

Lake Stevens (in town)right here

7%1,325

Bellevue28.2 mi away

5%953

Redmond22.5 mi away

4%705

Bothell16.6 mi away

3%599

Marysville5.9 mi away

3%555

Kirkland21.7 mi away

3%537

Lynnwood15.3 mi away

2%468

Snohomish5.2 mi away

2%444

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%7,473

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lake Stevens commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

32%

31%

30%

32%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Stevens is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Stevens are

6,246 jobs are based in Lake Stevens. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Stevens’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Stevens

6,246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lake Stevens residents hold

19,888 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+56%

Jobs based in Lake Stevens, 2013 → 2023: 4,002 → 6,246. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.